So here is my journal’s cover finally!  It is made from a cotton cloth which I painted with gesso first then applied acrylic paints a few sprays and stamps.  I found a very useful video on you tube that showed me how to stitch some pages into it then I tarted up the spine.  A mixture of pink fluffy girly and a bit of grunge.
First I painted the cloth with gesso and make up the background in the same way as a journal page.  Next I ironed on some material webbing then stitched this to some calico the same size using a patterned stitch and white thread.  (I only added the webbing to make it a tiny bit easier to handle).

As the challenge had 52 weeks of challenges I needed 52 pages so I made 4 signatures; 13 sheets of A4 folded in half then cut down to size, 3 of them containing 3 sheets and 1 of them with 4 sheets.  That gives 13 pages which equates to 52 sides.
Take a look at this video by ricefz that shows how to join them together.
I used some white linen thread that I had drawn through some bees wax.

To cover up the large stitches I just used a couple of lengths of pink fluffy feather stuff, small pieces of ribbon, flower trim and beads to tart it up.  I added a tiny peacock, buttons and more flower trim for the front.